Cottage pie

Took awhile to cook. Instant mash potatoes works just as good.

I've made this twice now and both times the mash has been really sloppy! I used less milk this time and waited for the mash to cool before adding on top of the meat butnit still came out sloppy. Saying that it still tasted delicious. I would be interested to know if anyone has managed to cook it without sloppy mash on top?

This was really good. Will make again but will prep a day early. I used one 9x13 pan rather than two pans. This would be great for a party.

My kid with sensory issues loved it. Marked "approved"! I used the beef broth with red wine already added, used dried spices, put all veggies "on the side", and plenty of aged cheddar in the mashed potatoes.

I loved this. One of my new faves. Toddler enjoyed it too.

When you cook the beef make sure you drain some of it off bc while you are cooking it for 45 minutes with the stock and Worcestershire sauce and the veggies and the tomato purée and the optional wine and the flour to make like a gravy the meat will get more greasy as it cooks and when you transfer it to the casserole dish to put the mashed potatoes on the freeze can spill over the edge depending on the dish and could start a grease fire in the oven if you aren’t careful. I used Idaho potato’s cut in Half for this and put them in cold water and boiled them for 10 minutes and they turned out great. I don’t think I made as much as the 4lb the recipe called for in potato’s bc I only peeled and cut enough to avoid the boiling pot with strainer from boiling over.

0ic is the extra I made for a weeknight that I'm out of time! Really good recipe!!!!

1kg beef, otherwise followed recipe

I left out the wine. Still pretty good. Could used a little more salt.

This is my go-to, so good!!

Loved it and kids cleaned their plates too!

I also added a few frozen peas- which adds to your five a day!

The red wine was appreciated by the adults but not the kids.

I used more red wine than needed so it was more saucy. Delicious flavors but i did season my meat before adding to broth. Had great flavors. Made alot of leftoversand i cooked for 3.

We added egg into the potato mash to give it an extra crunch and protein hit hahaha

My daughter hates onions so swapped out onions for onion powder. Also didn't use celery, wine, bay leaves or thyme. But she absolutely loved it as it doesn't have a sauce. I didn't put cheese in the mash as she is funny about melted cheese texture. But love that it was still very flavourful and that she ate it all. I did add in frozen peas. It is still

More veg in and include a side salad/veg, less stock but keep an eye to prevent catching on the bottom.

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Use chicken or beef stock for the potatoes instead of water (1 cup per 1lb of taters). After you drain and reserve the stock, use some of the stock from boiling the taters in the beef mix if you can't do gluten (the starch will help thicken the gravy). Let your potatoes dry while you are adding the stock, wine, and Worcestershire sauce to the mix. I start adding the cream and butter to the taters once the mix is reduced to gravy consistency so I can let the mix cool (this reduces the chance of the mix bubbling over the potatoes in the oven). Half and half instead of milk for the mash potatoes and I really like Montamore cheddar but it is a bit hard to find so any cheddar that you like is good. I might play around with hatch green chilies in the potatoes later. I will update if I do.